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27.Dd June 2, 1999
28.Dt AIO_RETURN 2
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm aio_return
32.Nd retrieve return status of asynchronous I/O operation (REALTIME)
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libc
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In aio.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn aio_return "struct aiocb *iocb"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn aio_return
42system call returns the final status of the asynchronous I/O request
43associated with the structure pointed to by
44.Fa iocb .
45.Pp
46The
47.Fn aio_return
48system call
49should only be called once, to obtain the final status of an asynchronous
50I/O operation once
51.Xr aio_error 2
52returns something other than
53.Er EINPROGRESS .
54.Sh RETURN VALUES
55If the asynchronous I/O request has completed, the status is returned
56as described in
57.Xr read 2 ,
58.Xr write 2 ,
59or
60.Xr fsync 2 .
61On failure,
62.Fn aio_return
63returns
64.Dv -1
65and sets
66.Dv errno
67to indicate the error condition.
68.Sh ERRORS
69The
70.Fn aio_return
71system call will fail if:
72.Bl -tag -width Er
73.It Bq Er EINVAL
74The
75.Fa iocb
76argument
77does not reference an outstanding asynchronous I/O request.
78.El
79.Sh SEE ALSO
80.Xr aio_cancel 2 ,
81.Xr aio_error 2 ,
82.Xr aio_suspend 2 ,
83.Xr aio_write 2 ,
84.Xr fsync 2 ,
85.Xr read 2 ,
86.Xr write 2 ,
87.Xr aio 4
88.Sh STANDARDS
89The
90.Fn aio_return
91system call
92is expected to conform to the
93.St -p1003.1
94standard.
95.Sh HISTORY
96The
97.Fn aio_return
98system call first appeared in
99.Fx 3.0 .
100.Sh AUTHORS
101This
102manual page was written by
103.An Wes Peters Aq wes@softweyr.com .